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Expenses Everyone Forgets to Put in the Budget

We’ve all been there. Just rolling along, sticking to our budget when a bill for a forgotten expense shows up.

It hits us like a punch in the stomach, because we knew about it, but totally forgot about it. We certainly didn’t include it in the budget. Now we’re left wondering how we’ll scrape together the money to cover the expense.

Here are some reasons that some bills are easy to forget to include in our budgets:

• They need to be paid annually

• They’re auto-paid with PayPal, or another online service

• The expense occurs irregularly

And here is our list of eight common expenses everyone forgets to put in the budget.

1. Annual Memberships

• Amazon Prime membership

• Costco membership

• Gym membership

We have plenty of memberships that only need to be paid once a year. The three we’ve listed are the common ones, but we know there are other annual subscriptions that people need to budget for.

2. Car Maintenance

We like it when our cars work properly. To keep them doing that, we need to put money into their maintenance.